Dr. Kent Wellish, M.D.
Dr. Kent Wellish, M.D.
Practice & Positions
- Wellish Vision Institute
- Advanced Vision Correction Network
- University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine
Education/Training
- Undergraduate: Brandeis University, Massachusetts
- M.D.: University of Arizona College of Medicine
- Internship: Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
- Ophthalmology Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
- Fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery: King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia
- Fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery: Jules Stein Eye Institute
- NIH Research Fellow: New York University School of Medicine
- NIH Research Fellow: University of Arizona College of Medicine
Memberships/Certifications
- International Society of Refractive Surgery
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
Additional Information
- Book reviewer for Ocular Surgery News, 1992 - 1995.
- Reviewer for the Journal of Refractive and Corneal Surgery, 1993 - present.
- Reviewer for the Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology, 1994 - 1996.
Publications
- Wiener DE, Wellish K, Nelson JI, Carr RE. Comparisons among Snellen,Psychophysical, and Evoked Potential Visual Acuity Determinations (abstr), Clinical Research 1984;32 (l):57A.
- Wellish KL, Witte ME, Van Wyck DB, Witte CL, Grogan T. Boosting Splenic Immunity with Corynebacterium Parvum Vaccine in Experimental Fulminant Pneumococcemia (abstr). Clinical Research 1985; 3 (1):422A.
- Wiener DE, Wellish K, Nelson JI, Kupersmith MJ. Comparisons among Snellen, Psychophysical, and Evoked Potential Visual Acuity Determinations. Am. J. Optom. & Physiol. Optics 1985;62(10):669-79.
- Wellish KL, Witte MH, Witte CL Van Wyck DB. Extrasplenic Protection from Corynebacterium Parvum Vaccine in Fulminant Pneumococcemia (abstr). Clinical Research 1986;34(l):55A.
- Patton DD, Woolfenden JM. Wellish KL. Comparing the Relative Cost Effectiveness of Diagnostic Tests: A New Model. Proceedings, Radioactive Isotope in Klinik and Forschung. Gasteiner Internationals Symposium 1986; 17:Band.
- Wellish KL, Witte MH. Witte CL, Van Wyck DB, Kintner KV, Hagaman RM. Splenomimetic Effect of Corynebacterium Parvum in Fulminant Pneumococcemia. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1987;156(l):130-135.
- Repka MX, Wellish KL, Wisnicki HJ, Guyton DL. Changes in the Refractive Error of 94 Spectacle-Treated Patients, with Acquired Accommodative Esotropia. Binocular Vision 1989;4(l):14-21.
- Wellish KL, Crockett RS. Lawwill T. Pattern ERG in Human Albinos (abstr). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1990 - 3 1 (suppl):497.
- Dougherty PJ, Wellish KL, Maloney RK. Excimer Laser Ablation Rate and Corneal Hydration (abstr). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1993; 34(suppl):801.
- Johnston WH, Wellish KL, Beltran F, Mondino BJ. Collagen Shields, Int Ophthalmol Clin 1993:33(4):93-107.
- Wellish KL, Beltran F, Maloney RK. Corneal Ectasia as a Complication of Repeated Keratotomy Surgery. Journal of Refractive and Corneal Surgery 194; 10:360-364.
- Dougherty PJ, Wellish KL, Maloney RK. Excimer Laser Ablation Rate and Corneal Hydration. American Journal of Ophthalmology 1994;118:169-176.
